Dell To Acquire Wyse 95
New submitter alancronin writes "Computer and IT giant Dell said today it will acquire privately held Wyse Technology, a company that specializes in what it calls 'cloud client computing.'"
Where there's a will, there's a relative.
Oh god (Score:3, Informative)
Cloud? Why don't we... (Score:4, Informative)
Um...patents? (Score:5, Informative)
From TFA: "The company has more than 180 patents, both issued and pending, covering its solutions, software and differentiated intellectual property."
Re:Can't wait to see the rebranded offerings (Score:4, Informative)
The point was I think that the savings would come from not having to replace it ever unless it broke - so it would last 10+ years or three or four generations of desktops. The other savings was on the IT side - less management (these things boot up, there's nothing to break, nothing the user can download and infect it, etc) and just having to upgrade the server when necessary.
Of course, most businesses got sticker shock since they had to make huge IT investments, which they were loathe to do - big powerful servers/blades had to be bought, and terminals that cost the same as a desktop. From an initial investment, it didn't make sense since few businesses plan for such timespans...
Re:Tactical facepalm (Score:4, Informative)
You will almost always be better off if you have a full speed desktop at your beck and call vs. a Thin Client... However those clients can stay current much longer and at the cost of a beefy server so Admins don't have to do desktop fixes and you don't need to upgrade every system every 3 years.